Ahmed Ajaj

Ahmed Mohammad Ajaj (1966-) was a Palestinian al-Qaeda member who was one of the masterminds behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Biography
Ahmed Mohammad Ajaj was born in the West Bank of Palestine in 1966, and he later emigrated to Houston, Texas and worked as a pizza delivery driver. In 1992, he flew from New York City to Peshawar, Pakistan, and he trained with al-Qaeda at the Khalden training camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Ajaj joined Ramzi Yousef's operation, which sought to blow up the World Trade Center in New York. On 2 September 1992, he was arrested at JFK International Airport for carrying false passports, but he continued to be involved with the cell from behind bars. He was released on 1 March 1993, only to be rearrested 8 days later after the bombing occurred. He was sentenced to 240 years behind bars for his crimes.